Section 202. Pleading interest of the state  


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  • Where  the  state or any
      department, bureau,  board,  commission,  council,  officer,  agency  or
      instrumentality  of  the  state is defendant in an action affecting real
      property, the complaint shall set forth:
        1. Detailed facts showing the particular nature of the interest in  or
      lien  on  the  real property and the reason for making the state a party
      defendant.
        2. If the lien exists by virtue of a judgment, other  than  a  warrant
      the name of the court, date recorded, clerk's office in which filed, and
      names  of  the  parties against whom and in whose favor recorded. In the
      case of a warrant, the date filed or docketed, clerk's office  in  which
      filed  or  docketed,  and names of the parties against whom and in whose
      favor issued.
        3. If the lien exists by virtue of a provision of  law  other  than  a
      judgment, the provision of law under which said lien is created.
        4.  If  the  lien  is  one  under articles ten, ten-a, ten-b, ten-c or
      twenty-six of the tax law, whether or not such lien exists by reason  of
      the  filing  or  docketing of a warrant under such law, the name of each
      decedent against whose estate there is an unpaid transfer or estate tax,
      the date of death, place of residence at the time of death, heirs at law
      and next of kin, whether the decedent died testate or intestate, whether
      his estate has been administered, and if so where.
        5. If the lien is one under articles nine, nine-a, nine-b,  nine-c  or
      twenty-seven  of  the tax law, whether or not such lien exists by reason
      of the filing or docketing of a warrant under such law, the name of  the
      corporation,  association,  joint-stock company, unincorporated company,
      person, or  partnership  against  whose  property  there  is  an  unpaid
      corporation, license, or franchise tax or penalty.
        6.  If  the  lien  is  one  under article twenty-six-a of the tax law,
      whether or not such lien exists by reason of the filing or docketing  of
      a warrant under such law, the names of the donees or transferees against
      whose property there is an unpaid gift tax.